0 an unnecessary and expensive piece of work, especially one that is paid for by the public: --
1 an expensive program that is a waste of money, esp. one using public money: --
Voters say they are fed up with such boondoggles.
2 an unnecessary and expensive piece of work, especially one paid for by the public: --
Being from a military family, it mattered to me as an ethical issue whether troops lives were being lost for no good reason, in an illegal boondoggle.
Scott concluded his review by claiming the whole film's production was a boondoggle of landmark proportions.
Vinick opposes federal funding for ethanol as an alcohol fuel, considering it a political boondoggle.
The project has been criticized as a boondoggle.
Many saw it as a boondoggle to benefit one particular group.
While cost overruns are a common factor in declaring a project a boondoggle, that does not necessarily mean the project has no benefit.
It was widely viewed at the time as a huge boondoggle.
The city's strategies were not always successful; one particularly noted boondoggle saw substantial municipal funding given to a failed angora goat farm.
